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Zoe's Insights

• Global Sea Ice Area 2

  I found two more sources of sea ice concentration data. One is the Hadley Centre, in the UK (Description

• Global Sea Ice Area

  According to many sources (including National Snow and Ice Data Center), global sea ice has been

• Real Global Snowfall Trend

  In a previous post, I tried measuring the global snowfall trend over the last 41 years using a pixel color

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Most recent blog entries

• Christmas 2021

  It's Christmas Eve, which means tomorrow is the 2,021st birthday of Jesus. It's also Friday

• What's the Lede

  Typical fake news lede: President Joe Biden will deliver a speech Tuesday to address the omicron

• "No One Cares Mandates Are Killing Us"

  Law of Markets , one of the best blogs around, leads with this soul-crushing item  [more links in the

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Sharyl Attkisson

• (UPDATED) Exclusive Summary: Covid-19 Vaccine Concerns

  Updated Dec. 24, 2021 with Danish study again confirming serious heart inflammation risk from vaccination

• (READ) Trump Christmas message

  - December 25, 2021 -  Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

• (READ) Competitive swimming official quits over males competing as women

  A female official with the governing body for competitive swimming in the U.S., USA Swimming, has resigned

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BlackListed News

• Bill Gates' Obsession With Abortion, Contraception & Population

  Bill Gates has an obsession with funding abortion, contraception and population control projects in

• Israeli ex-intelligence chief claims Israel had role in top Iranian

  It appears that a recently retired Israeli general, who headed the country’s military intelligence agency

• Video: MSNBC ‘Doctor’ Calls For Denying Medical Care To The Unvaccinated

  MSNBC’s resident ‘doctor’ Vin Gupta has called for hospitals to deny medical assistance and care to anyone

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naked capitalism

• Links 12/25/2021

• Manchin Takes Aim at Build Back Better, but His Real Focus is on West

  What does Manchin want?

• 12 Charts for 21

  A selection of charts from Bruegel’s weekly newsletter, with an analysis of the year and what it meant for

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NEPC - Blog Post of the Day

• Radical Eyes for Equity: Reading Matters

  Radical Eyes for Equity: Reading Matters Polonius:  What do you read, my lord? Hamlet

• Code Acts in Education: PISA for Machine Learners

  Code Acts in Education: PISA for Machine Learners A new report from the OECD explores how

• AlterNet: How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of

  AlterNet: How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times Days after

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Energy

• Texas pipeline company charged in California oil spill

  A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries were indicted for a crude spill that fouled Southern

• Exxon Mobil rolls out plan to cut emissions in Permian Basin

  This is the first tangible commitment the company has made to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  

• ConocoPhillips completes $9.5B acquisition of Shell’s Permian assets

  Report: The majority of Shell’s Midland-based Permian employees and many Houston-based employees were

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• 21 Masks That Capture the Politics of 2021

  When we look back on pictures of major events of the second year of the pandemic, it’s clear that masks

• ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Tries to Un-Redpill America

  The original movie changed politics — if largely by mistake. The new one is a sophisticated self-critique

• Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

  The Nobel Prize winner became an international symbol of the fight against apartheid.

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Navajo Times

• From the Publisher | Be happy, safe, healthy this holiday season

  So, as I listen to my holly, jolly Christmas music, I want all of you to be happy, safe and healthy this

• Guest Column | Nez-Lizer wish Diné a safe and Merry Christmas

  Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer wish all Navajo families, elders, and

• Guest Column | Blessings capture joy of Kéeshmish

  Yá’át’ééh Kéeshmish. This season we rejoice in the blessings provided to us and reflect upon the long

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Ancient Code

• Woolly Mammoth ‘Proxy’ Could One Day Roam the North American Tundra

  The woolly mammoth may have gone extinct as recently as 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island near

• NASA’s Bill Nelson Pushes for Scientific UFO Research 1 Month into Office

  Bill Nelson, 78, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, became the NASA Administrator on 

• Harry Reid: We May Be Close to Finding Out Truth About UFOs

  Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid continues to call for leading with science when studying UFOs

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DutchNews.nl

• Dutch king urges people to listen to each other in his Christmas message

  King Willem-Alexander has spoken of the need to listen to each other in his traditional Christmas message,

• Four years in jail for man who shot at Saudi embassy

  The Hague District Court has convicted a man from Zoetermeer for attacking the Saudi Arabian embassy in The

• Top court says asset tax contravenes human rights and ownership laws

  The Dutch tax office was wrong to use a fictitious amount when calculating how much tax a couple had to...

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BleepingComputer

• The Week in Ransomware - December 24th 2021 - No rest for the weary

  The holiday season is here, but there is no rest for our weary admins as ransomware gangs are still

• Rook ransomware is yet another spawn of the leaked Babuk code

  A new ransomware operation named Rook has appeared recently on the cyber-crime space, declaring a desperate

• Global IT services provider Inetum hit by ransomware attack

  Less than a week before the Christmas holiday, French IT services company Inetum Group was hit by a

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Accuracy In Academia

• George Floyd-as-Jesus-Christ painting found at Catholic University of

  A Catholic group blasted the Catholic University of America (CUA) for featuring a portrait of George Floyd

• Pennsylvania teacher says unvaccinated people deserve to die

  Teachers’ unions have been exposed as partisan, special interest-driven ideologues, and some of their

• Maryland school depicts pilgrims as oppressors

  A Maryland public high school permitted a video that disparaged Pilgrims as oppressors, which was produced

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altahrir, news of Islam, Muslims, Arab Spring and special Palestine

• Israeli troops raid Jenin, arrest Palestinians 

  Jenin-Gaza Post – Israeli occupation troops raid Jenin, arrest Palestinians  Two young

• Islamic cooperation condemns Israeli daily executions

  Gaza Post – Islamic Cooperations condemn Israel’s plan of daily executions The General

• Israeli Colonizers Attack Four Palestinians In Nablus And Salfit

  Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked and injured, Friday, four Palestinians in Nablus and Salfit, in the

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BBC News - Home

• Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90

  Tributes are paid to Archbishop Tutu, the Nobel peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South

• Desmond Tutu: UK tributes paid to archbishop

  Tributes are paid in the UK to Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his death at the age of 90.

• Covid: Travel misery for tens of thousands as flights are cancelled

  Chinese and US airlines are hardest hit amid a surge in Covid cases in many countries.

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Bartholomew's Notes

• Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

  From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who

• Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

  From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a

• BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

  This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

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CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

• How Many Weeks of Unemployment Compensation Are Available?

  The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by

• Tracking the Post-Great Recession Economy

  When President Trump took office in January 2017, he inherited an economy in its 91st month of economic

• In Case You Missed It...

  This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, state budget and taxes, health, Social Security, and

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Coyote Blog

• Christmas Wonder, with Penguins

  I always enjoy Christmas day with the family.  But no matter how good a day we have together, it can never

• Regional Variations in COVID are SEASONAL, not Correlated with Party of the

  If you want a pointer towards the seasonality of the COVID virus, check out the NY Times per capita case

• An Open Letter to California Public Recreation Officials

  New California rules are set to effectively end the ability of RVers to use generators to produce power in

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Dandelion Salad

• Capitalism is Un-Christian + Merry Christmas!

  Merry Christmas to all! with Caleb Maupin Writer, Dandelion Salad Caleb Maupin (website) Caleb Maupin

• Happy Birthday to Jesus, the Anti-Imperialist Socialist! and Merry

  Merry Christmas! “All I want for Christmas is the abolition of imperialist white supremacist

• Chris Hedges and Mark Rudd: SDS, The Weather Underground and Political

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Dec 23, 2021 On the show, Chris Hedges discusses political

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Inter Press Service

• Severe Water Stress, Absolute Scarcity for 2 to 4 Billion Humans by 2025

  Now it comes to the scary water crises, as it is estimated that, globally, over two billion people live in

• The Impact of Air Pollution on Child Health

  Air pollution is a global public health crisis, and air pollution levels in India are among the highest in

• Uruguay Launches Sovereign Bond Linked to Climate Targets

  Sustainable finance continues to expand in Latin America, as governments and companies take advantage of

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• Declassified Documents Reveal How the US Lied to Russia about NATO

  Kit Klarenberg In April 2014, President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia’s Federal Assembly in the

• Renewed Demonstrations in Khartoum Demand Civilian Rule

  Al Mayadeen Mass protests have overtaken Sudan’s capital once again. Thousands of Sudanese protested

• US-Backed TPLF Seeks Protection from UN after Military Defeat

  Pavan Kulkarni With the support of Amharan and Afar militias, the Ethiopian federal army, led by Prime

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New Content on CO2 Science

• Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

  It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

• Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

  Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

• Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

  Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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MercoPress

• Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and

  The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and

• Ecuador makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory

  The Government of Ecuador has decided to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory

• Falklands' capital Stanley aims for Platinum Jubilee city status in

  Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, has been confirmed as one of 39

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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News

• Windrad bei Prenzlau in Flammen #DEU

  Am Samstagabend ist in Güstow bei Prenzlau ein Windkraftrad in Flammen aufgegangen. Wie die Polizei

• Wind reps, Ocean City fisherman still far apart #DE #MD

  Offshore wind energy continues to press ahead, and while those companies that intend to erect scores of

• Scots face 50% energy bills rise crisis as wind power generation slumps

  Energy bills could rise as much as 50% in the spring as the UK faces a “national crisis” over soaring

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• France and the EU Presidency

  On 1 January 2022, for the first time in 14 years, France will take over the Presidency of the Council of

• A Walled Europe

  Taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, on 18 December 1990, the UN

• No more boss after working hours: Portugal's new ‘right to disconnect&#

  Remote workers in Portugal could see a healthier work-life balance under new labour laws approved by the

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• From Canada, with Love

  Two young musicians - from different cultural backgrounds and different genres - team up for a song called

• Vaccine Absurdity: Double Jabbed a Threat to the Triple Jabbed

  Twice-vaccinated individuals told not to spend time with triple-vaccinated elders during Christmas. Unless

• Retired Doctor Explains: Why I Won’t Take a COVID Vaccine

  Human rights are not negotiable.

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Online Cancer Blog

• The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

  We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and

• Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

  How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good

• Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

  Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

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Signs of the Times

• COVID-Omicron is killing Christmas - And beyond. Financial Crash, Inflation

  Omicron, a so-called covid-variant, has never been isolated. Whatever the current narrative - 193 UN member

• WaPo claims UAE put Israeli-made spyware Pegasus on Khashoggi's wife

  A UAE government agency downloaded NSO Group's Pegasus software on the cellphone of the wife of

• North Carolina police chief placed on leave after helping officers skirt

  An Oakboro, N.C. police chief was placed on unpaid for reportedly telling officers how to skirt COVID-19

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Three drownings at New Zealand beaches on Boxing Day as lifesavers urge

  Two male beachgoers died in separate incidents in Auckland, while a woman has drowned at Waikanae.

• The Antidote: Five happy things to read about today, December 26

  In today's dose of positivity, an 88-year-old graduates alongside his granddaughter, a newborn arrives

• Mass of barnacles mystifies beachgoers at Waikanae

  Crustacean-filled 'nintendo goosecube' will likely die in the hot sun, attached to ocean junk.

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Freethought Blogs

• Goodbye 2021.

  First of all, I hope you had a lovely christmas, if and how and wherever you chose to celebrate. We had a

• What I think of this diet and xmas

  After a day on a strictly defined and timed diet, we got to stick our fingers and bleed on a piece of test

• My Xmas lunch

  I fast all morning, and this is the reward I get? Two muffins this time, less rubbery, more crumbly, but

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